Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-02-03
BUSINESS PARALYZED
THE NEW YORKRIvER FRONT HAS 4 sun
DAY AIR.
Freight Piers Closed and Trade Blocked by the Strike
Situation at the Brooklyn DOcks-The ?.
R. R. Freight Handlers Go Out
-"Scabs" Beaten.

| NEW 1ORh, feDrualy @.-lue she1''
along the river front this morning present
ed Sunday-like appearance. Instead oil
the daily rush of vehicles of all kinds in
every direction, there were only few
trucks and the horse cars to be seen here
and there The majority of the big rail
road freight receiving and delivery piers
were closed and work was almost suspend
ed. The exception was in the case OF Pier
5-the Pennsylvania-where dozen men
were put to work by Agent Bowman. The
men seemed lost amid the huge piles OF
freight. The one pair of gates that were
open on the dock were guarded by police.
Piers and 16, of the same road, were also
closed, and at Pier 2-the Lehigh Valley
road-the gates were closed.
At the New York Central and Hudson
River pier the agent said they were reCeiv-
ing all the freight offered. There had
been no trouble with the men. The New
York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad
pier had only few men at work, but at
the Office it was stated that they were
taking and delivering all the freight offer
ed. On the Starin pier where the freight
of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
is handled, there were rs many policemen
on duty as there were Italians handling
freight. The Superintendent said he had
all the men he needed.
There was
PLENTY OF HELP
on the Boston and Providence pier but
their boats were not running and the
freight was light. The StOningtOn Line
had men at work. The boat Nashua was
laid up, but no work was being done on
her The dock of the New York Central
Railroad was almost deserted. The men
ut work was part of Il gang of Italians
brought down the river yesterday. The
MetropOlitan Line to Boston, was moving
freight, but there was very little to han
die. The Arizona, of the GuiOn Line,
arrived to-day, and men will be put to
work on her The Wyoming, the agent
said, would sail to-day. The EldOradO, OF
the Morgan Line, arrived last night As
soon rs the FL PasO and New York are un-
loaded the EldOrado will be brought to
her dock.
The only work done yesterday on the
Brooklyn water front was by green hands,
who were put in the place of strikers. At
DOw's stores eight young men, clad in
lawn tennis shirts and tight trousers, who
were said to have come from the Young
Mems Christian Association, were set at
work unloading railroad iron from the
steamer Lake Winnipeg. One OF them
wore kid gloves until they were SO tattered
that they wOuld not stay on. his hands.
Another laid aside fur-liped Ovcrcoat
and Il silver headed cane to work. 1t was
only Il short time before he was disabled
by a piece of iron falling upon his left foot.
The strike al0ngshOrc in Brooklyn con-
tinues unchanged The freight handlers
who went on strike yesterday have ma
terially swellcd the ranks of the toilers
who are now idle. The Italians who were
brought over from New York to take the
places of the strikers are not mOlested. \
small force of police, however, are sta
toned on the docks as n precautiOn i'll case
of an attack hy strikers. Two Italians,
Salvador TongO and Antonio balkinO,
NtIt III i'HNlNNl NlltN lllOl hlll~ at
Ferry, for carrying pistols without permit.
Another, Michael Marks, was found i'll
possession of n dirk and arrested on q
charge of carrying concealed weapons.
Non union freight handlers were
AGAIN ATTACKED
this evening" rs they were quitting work
at several of the North river piers. AT the
Savannah line pier, two or three men were
set upon by the strikefs and heaten,
pounded and kicked numerically. No
arrests were made. One man was assaulted
while Il policeman stood near, hut did not
dare interfere on account of the crowd.
Finally force of police was sent to the
Savannah pier. The non-union men were
taken away on n tug to avoid the mob
The men at the New York Central teight
shed, at Johns Park, numering three hun
dred struck this afternoon. NOn-uniOn
men were put to work guarded by police.
ANEETING OF RETAIL COAL DEALERS
0i New York City was called to-day by
members of the Retailers Brooklyn Coal
Exchange TO confer as to the adoption Of
some plan TO get coal Much feeling was
manifested against the strikers. RcSolu-
tiOns were offered denOunciug the strikers,
but division took place and the resOlu-
tiOns were defeated.